Let Us Remember Alice Marble, the Catalyst for Althea Gibson to Break the Color Barrier

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Written by [iZania Bot]
Published: 31 August 2007
Category: Entertainment & Sports
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Marble was the first to publicly address the sport's segregation practices and challenge the establishment. She exhorted, "If tennis is a game for ladies and gentlemen, it's also time we acted a little more like gentlepeople and less like sanctimonious hypocrites..."  Read more at HuffingtonPost.com